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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,404, dated June 6,1899.

pplication filed February 16, 1899, Serial No. 705,688. (No model.)

T all whom, it may cm1/cern.-

Beit known that I, EDWARD BALLY, a citizen of theRepublic ofSwitzerland, and a resident of Schoenenwerd, Switzerland, have inventeda new and useful Buckle, (for which I applied for a patent inSwitzerland on the 9th of December, 1898; in Great Britain on the 11thof January, 1899, and in France on the 12th of January, 1399,) of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates toa buckle, which consists of an upper and alower part, the upper part having a tongue by means of which it canengage between a bridge-piece and a spring of the lower part for thepurpose of connection. The end of the spring takes into a groove in thetongue and presses the latter against the bridgepiece. By this means aneasy disengagement of the upper part from the lower part is preventedand the buckle connection is rendered secure.

The drawings illustrate, by way of eXainple, one form of construction ofthe buckle.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan. Fig. 2 is a section on the line x xof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan of the lower part. Fig. 4 is a sectionsimilar to Fig. 2, showing the upper part raised; and Fig. 5 is ageneral view of a shoe provided with this buckle.

The buckle consists of an upper part a and of a lower part Z9. The upperpart is curved and is provided with a tongue c, in which is a groove d.For the purpose of connecting the upper part with a buckle-strap ocross-slots 3 5 f are provided, through which the strap can be passed.The lower part h is fastened to the end e of the strap. Between lateralpunched-up parts g of the lower part there is inserted a bridge-piece7i. A spring z' projects with one end upward toward the bridge-piece.The other end of the spring is attached to the base-plate of the lowerpart. On passing the upper part with the tongue c under the bridgepiece7i of the lower part the spring t' is first slightly depressed until itcan snap into the groove d., The upper part is then pressed by thespring with its end that is opposite to the tongue against the end ofthe lower part and there keeps or jams the strap e, which is passedthrough the cross-slots.

In order to disconnect the two parts of the buckle from each other, theupper part must be raised, Fig. 4. In this operation the spring slipsoit the tongue c arid the upper part can be drawn from under thebridge-piece h.

Fig. 5, which showsa shoe, illustrates the lnode of using this buckle.The lower part is fastened on one side of the shoe either directly tothe upper of the shoe or to a short piece of strap. The buckle-strapproper, e, engages therewith from the opposite side on the front, whereit is passed through the upper part a of the buckle, as above described,and can be kept stretched by connecting the two parts together.

lVhat I claim is- 1. A fastening for shoes and the like coinprising abase or lower part b having a bridgepiece, a spring carried by saidbase, and an upper piece connected with the strap and having abackwardlyextending tongue adapted to pass beneath the bridge-piece,said tongue having a groove to engage the spring, substantially asdescribed.

2. A fastening for shoes and the like coniprising a lower or baseportion having a bridgepiece, a spring carried by said base portionprojecting beneath the bridge-piece, an upper piece having a pluralityof slots to receive a strap, said piece having a tongue adapted toproject beneath the bridge and engage said spring, substantially asdescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD BALLY. lVitnesses:

R. HocHsHAFER, HENRY H. MORGAN.

